Kostan

Old Norse Dictionary - kostan

Meaning of Old Norse word "kostan" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

kostan
f. cost, pains; leggja kostan ok stund á e-t, Fms. x. 395: temptation, k. fjandans, Hom. 33, 158.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛋᛏᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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